3 people in white Rolls Royce get shot outside NYC club
Three people in a white Rolls Royce were shot outside a Queens nightclub early Sunday, according to cops and law-enforcement sources.
The victims — two women, both 23, and a man, 24 — were inside the flashy luxury car with Illinois plates in front of the Amadeus Nightclub on Albion Avenue near Barnwell Avenue in Elmhurst when someone started shooting at their ride, according to authorities and sources.
One of the women was shot in her chest and rushed in a marked NYPD vehicle to the Elmhurst Hospital Center, where she was listed in stable condition.
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3 All three victims were shot inside this white Rolls Royce with Illinois plates, sources said.
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3 Two women and a man were shot outside the Amadeus Nightclub in Queens early Sunday.
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The other woman was shot in her right ankle, and the man was blasted in his right arm, police said.
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The pair were taken to the same hospital by EMS workers and also listed in stable condition.
No arrests had been made by Monday, and the motive for the violence remains under investigation.
3 The motive for Sunday's violence remains under investigation.
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The nightclub is no stranger to violence. In January 2023, a 19-year-old man was killed and a 31-year-old woman wounded when bullets flew outside the hot spot, cops said.
Police said at the time that a dispute began inside the nightclub and spilled outside, where the suspect opened fire.
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